Digital BW, The Print

Bill,

I even like the idea of having the search engines compete.  I'm not sure
that is possible if you have one of them sponsor the group.  I'm clueless as
to the cost of having, for example, a Google search of "our" database.  Or
how we could assure that "our" database stayed an open, public one.
University and/or multiple sponsorships might help.

Since most of the variables in the structure of a database would seem to be
more a software, indexing issue than physical storage space, I'd like to see
specific folders for both author and thread.  I want to be able to limit my
search to specific folders.  I may want to see an entire tread, but I might
also like to see what X, Y, & Z said on that thread and only that thread.  I
think the Yahoo search and other simple word searches pick up the
individual's names that are in the text of the message.  Word searches are
the best, but I also want to limit my search by author and cut the volume
and noise down. 

I think the ability to have the search systems compete is going to be a huge
leap in the internet's usefulness.  How to structure a public database to
take best advantage of this is not, however, clear to me.  

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 






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> Paul-
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> I'd certainly be comfortable with that.
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> Bill Kennedy
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